Looking great Mara. The pacing of the cuts between subjects is excellent. I think I'd maybe like to see a bit more shot variety, but I understand that's tricky if you're shooting single-camera set-ups for this sort of thing. But I've seen all the BTS interviews so far and they're looking good, so nice job CF

Did you change director? I had thought that you were collaborating again with the director of Surviving Family, but maybe that was just a daydream...

Thanks Nick!
When we are in production, starting next week, we anticipate more variety in camera angles. We didn't have many choices on these first ones

Tks for noticing re director (now I know you've been paying attention!). Unfortunately we had to make a change. Laura Thies , who directed Surviving Family, is German and unfortunately we were not able to get the needed O1 visa. We interviewed a number of people and I'm really glad we picked Rob as he has a real rapport with both lead actors and really "gets " the story.

I think Rob will do an excellent job. I get a really positive vibe from him, and he and Chris seem to have a great relationship.

Nick, I appreciate your compliments, and agree with your critique. These first few vids have been nothing but talking-heads, and that's not something I'm super crazy about. For preproduction, it really wasn't feasible for us to do anything else, though.

As Mara alluded to, the meat-and-potatoes of what she hired me for takes place during production. Whereas everything you've seen up until now was filmed in just a handful of interviews, I'll be on set for almost 50% of the production! I'm chomping at the bit to get some kick-ass footage. Mind you, that doesn't mean that talking-heads won't still exist, but I'll definitely be able to do a lot more than break up the visual monotony.